VATICAN CITY -- Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI's body, his head resting on a pair of crimson pillows, lay in state in St. Peter's Basilica on Monday, January 2, 2023, as tens...
VATICAN CITY -- Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI's body, his head resting on a pair of crimson pillows, lay in state in St. Peter's Basilica on Monday, January 2, 2023, as tens of thousands queued to pay tribute to the pontiff who shocked the world by retiring a decade ago.
His longtime secretary, Archbishop Georg Gaenswein, and a handful of consecrated laywomen who served in Benedict's household, followed the van by foot for a few hundred yards in a silent procession toward the basilica. Some of the women stretched out a hand to touch the body with respect. “I wanted to pay homage to Benedict because he had a key role in my life and my education,” Tuccio said.
Kasper, who was among the cardinals who elected Benedict to the papacy in 2005, added that the resignation gave"a more human vision to the papacy: that the pope is a man and is dependent on his physical and mental strengths.” On Monday, the Vatican confirmed widely reported burial plans. In keeping with his wishes, Benedict’s tomb will be in the crypt of the grotto under the basilica that was last used by St. John Paul II, before the saint’s body was moved upstairs into the main basilica ahead of his 2011 beatification, Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni said.
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